Talk:Pacific Station

Commander tables
Here are some tables based on Peter Davis' website (albeit with corrections) about the commander-in-chief of the station: 67.86.75.96 (talk) 22:41, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The proposed table has been placed into the article and further edits should take place there. 67.86.75.96 (talk) 06:17, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Most Commanders-in-chief of the station held the rank of Rear Admiral, with the exceptions of Hamond and Hastings who were each promoted to Vice Admiral before being reassigned to other duties, and Goodrich who was a Commodore.

Royal Naval Hospital?
RE this:
 *  In 1855 three Crimean huts were built at Esquimalt to serve as a hospital intended to receive wounded from the Crimean War. The huts were the first shore establishment at Esquimalt.

That was, I believe, the foundation of what was to become a Royal Naval Hospital in the area, not sure if it was on the Esquimalt base directly. I think it was later named the Queen Alexandra Hospital, though that may have been in Duncan or thereabouts. More could be said about the Graving Dock, as the Dockyard was known in local history, as it was a major component in the colonial and provincial economy for many years; its closure was something of a blow, as was the loss of RN spending in general when they pulled out. I come across bits about this in various older histories of BC, if I see them again I'll be back with cites. A fuller section on the period at Esquimalt and the military doings in the region is needed; the CFB Esquimalt page has little on this, and for now List of Royal Navy ships in the Pacific Northwest is only a raw list, could be a table with pics and comments and more.Skookum1 (talk) 04:46, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

1905-1911
This passage surprised me "After passage of the Naval Service Bill in 1910 there was a Canadian Naval Service that controlled the base at Esquimalt and that service became the Royal Canadian Navy in 1911. " Which is odd, because it's not like the base was empty from 1906-1911. There's also the further story, though not related to the Pacific Station's operations, about Premier McBride got into hot water for starting the British Columbia Navy on his own, as there were no Canadian ships present at the outbreak of the Great War and he bought a couple of used vessels; once Ottawa got word of it they were quickly taken over by the federal government, as provinces have no right to engage in military expenditures/infrastructure. What the Canadian Naval Service had in Esquimalt, if anything, from 1906 to 1914 (when those ships were acquired) is a good question, not sure of the answer.Skookum1 (talk) 04:52, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

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